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… such as heat waves, droughts and floods. The planet’s resources are being stretched by a growing human population and … of California (UC), Berkeley, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), US Department of Agriculture P­­lant Gene …

… focus on harnessing genomics to developing sustainable resources for biofuels and bioproducts. Andrew Nelson of the …

… enzyme activity assay. The work was  reported in  The ISME Journal . While the screen caught several microbes from known …

… as well ] The Science The recipe for growing algae as a source of sustainable biofuels seems fairly simple: place … energy economy is developing alternative sustainable fuel sources. Developing candidate bioenergy feedstocks that can … thrive in saltwater mitigates concerns about diverting resources such as arable land and fresh water. Summary On the …

… recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed significant signs of recovery …

… comprise a full third of each moss genome, and are almost four times the size of the next largest chromosome. As the … with the owner saying, “We’re not going to sell it, of course.” McDaniel’s lab predicts the decoded complex plant …

… under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing …

… yield fuels, and removing lignin in order to do so is a resource-intensive process. Now, a new study shows how … component, lignin, that has historically been less of a resource to be extracted and more of an obstacle to breaking … The authors acknowledge their funding sources: Office of Biological and Environmental Research of …

… DNA could be sequenced. Their protocol,  detailed in the journal  Microbiome , combines multiple techniques and was …